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H. S. TAYLOR.

GIN SAW FENDER. No. 490,049; Y Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

Unirrnn STnTns PATENT Outrun.

HILLIARD S. TAYLOR, OF I-IOMER, LOUISIANA.

GLN-SAW FENDER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,0 i9, dated January 17, 1893.

Application filed July 8, 1892. Serial No. L39,409. (No model.)

To U/ZZ/ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, 'HILLIARD S. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Homer, in the parish of Claiborne and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Gin-Saw Fender, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to gins; and it has for its object to provide animproved gin saw fender which can be easily and readily attached to any make of gin, and is designed to be so arranged beneath the saws of the gin that the operator is perfectly protected and prevented from being cut by the saws accidently or through carelessness, while the gin is running, in removing motes or Working the mote board,which is done by placing the arm into the machine under the saws.

To this end the main and primary object of the invention is to provide an improved fender, simple and cheap in construction, yet efficient in the use for which the same is adapted.

With these and many other objects in view which will readily appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsg-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a portion of a gin provided with a saw fender constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of thefender or guard.

Referringto the accompanying drawings A represents a gin of any suitable construc- 1 tion having the usual saws B, the gin. ribs C in front of said saws, and the lower breast bar D, to which are secured the lower ends of said ribs. New it is well understood, that in attending to the mote board back of the saws in a gin, the operator must necessarily pass his arm into the machine 1hinder the lower breast bar and therefore beneath the saws. Such an operation necessarily exposes the hand, arin, and sleeve of the operator to the revolving saws, which are likely to injure the operator unless extremely careful. To avoid these dangers I provide an improved fender or guard E, which is adapted to be arranged under the saws and to form a protection therefrom while in operation and when the breast of the gin is raised. The said fender or guard comprises the end linger bar F and the series of parallel fender or guard lingers G, secured at one end in said bar and adapted to project under the saws of the gin, said fingers being in a number equal to or greater than the saws in the gin, so that a tinger will lie directly under each saw, and also under the spaces between the same if found neceesary. The bar F may be constructed of any suitable material andin any suitable shape, and the fender or guard {ingers G, secured thereto at their inner ends, have the outer downturned ends I-I, which prevent the lint from catching or hanging on the ends of the fingers, and therefore becoming clogged thereon. The bar F is connected to the lower edge of the lower breast bar D, by means of the hinges I, which are secured to said bars in such a manner that when the arm is placed within the gin under said fingers, the same will not rise up tothe saws inasmuch as the back edge of the bar F will strike the rear edge of the lower breast bar D. It will of course be understood, that if desired, the fender may be rigidly attached to the breast bar, but is preferably hinged by spring hinges so that the device can be pulled down from the saws in order to ob serve the working thereof. Further it will be apparent that the construction of the fender comprising a series of fingers, prevents any motes or lint collecting thereon as is likely with other constructions of fenders, and provides for a full and free circulation or ventilation of air from the gin brushes, which iinds no impediment in the fingered fenders.

A suitable fastening device J may be employed if desired to hold the fender in its proper position under the saws and which at the same time allows the feeder or guard to be lowered if so desired or found necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;-

In a gin the combination with the lower breast bar thereon, of a saw fender or guard IOO comprising a series of parallel fingers having outer downturned ends, said fender or guard being hinged at one end to the inner side of the breast bar so as to project beneath the lower edges of the saws, leaving the other end free to move, and means for normally supporting the guard beneath the saws, substantially as set forth.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as myoWnI have hereto afxed my signature in :o the presence of two Witnesses. v

HILLIARD S. TAYLOR.

Witn esses O. P. BAILEY, M. NALLE. 

